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HAMILTON, David of Fingalton and Preston, Sir
(About 1527-1584)
BAILLIE, Janet
(About 1532-)
COCKBURN, John of Ormiston
(About 1505-)
SANDILANDS, Alison
(About 1514-1584)
HAMILTON, George of Fingalton and Preston
(About 1547-1608)
COCKBURN, Barbara
(About 1547-)
HAMILTON, John of Preston, Sir
(1565-1644)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. OTTERBURN, Jean

2. HOWISON, Catherine
3. LUMSDEN, Helen

HAMILTON, John of Preston, Sir 1 2 3

  • Born: 1565 2 3
  • Marriage (1): OTTERBURN, Jean 20/21 November 1584 (contract) 1
  • Marriage (2): HOWISON, Catherine after 30 September 1619
  • Marriage (3): LUMSDEN, Helen in January 1632 2
  • Died: May 1644

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John married Jean OTTERBURN, daughter of Thomas OTTERBURN and Mariote LAUDER, 20/21 November 1584 (contract).1 (Jean OTTERBURN was born about 1570 and died in 1620.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Jean Otterburn, m. John Hamilton, younger of Preston, (c/m 20 and 21 November 1584)."

from The Red Book of Scotland




"(520) Sir John Hamilton of Preston, born 1565 ; died May 1644. He married, first, Jean Cockburn (see Note below). Her Will recorded 26th December 1620 (Edinburgh). They had issue : -

(a) Sir James (No. 521).

(b) Colonel Robert Hamilton of Sauchtonbarne (No. 522).

(c) George Hamilton, born 1601 ; killed at siege of Magdeburgh, 1632."

from Heraldry of the Hamiltons

Note:

Sir John Hamilton's wife was Jean Otterburn, not Jean Coockburn.

John next married Catherine HOWISON after 30 September 1619. (Catherine HOWISON was born about 1575 and died in 1629.)


  Marriage Notes:

"(520) Sir John Hamilton of Preston, born 1565 ; died May 1644 ..... He married, second, Catherine Howison, died 1629 s.p. Her Will recorded 29th December 1631 (Edinburgh)."

from Heraldry of the Hamiltons




"Sir John (Hamilton) was thrice married. About the year 1587, he espoused Johanna, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Otterburne of Ridhall ; after whose decease, (30th September 1619,) he married Catharine Howison ; and she also dying, (1629,) he took, to his third wife,(January 1632,) Dame Helen, daughter of James Lumisdaine of Ardrie"

from Memoirs of the House of Hamilton

John next married Helen LUMSDEN, daughter of James LUMSDEN of Ardrie and Unnamed WIFE heiress of Ardrie (or Airdrie, Fife), in January 1632.2 (Helen LUMSDEN was born about 1569.)


  Marriage Notes:

"(520) Sir John Hamilton of Preston, born 1565 ; died May 1644 ..... He married, third, Helen, daughter of James Lumisdaine of Ardrie, Fife.

He had also a natural son : -

(d) George (No. 523)."

from Heraldry of the Hamiltons




"Sir John (Hamilton) ..... took, to his third wife, (January 1632,) Dame Helen, daughter of James Lumisdaine of Ardrie, in the county of Fife, and relict of Sir Archibald Douglas of Whittingham."

from Memoirs of the House of Hamilton

Sources


1 Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, Vol. 8 Otterburn of Redhall.

2 e-books, The Heraldry of the Hamiltons by G. Harvey Johnston (1909).

3 e-books, Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton by John Anderson (1825).

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